among the survivors were three new york police officers: bill beaury, mark demarco, and detective danthey were inside the world trade center complex when the towers came down. we partnered with retro report, a non-profit news organization that uses history to inform the present, to tell their story. >> a plane has just crashed int the world trade center here in new york city. >> at 8:46 a.m., american airlines flight 11 crashed into the world trade center north tower, building one. it was one of four planes hijacked by 18 al qaeda terrorists that day. at first, it seemed a tragic accident-- an airplane off course. >> as i'm watching this trying to figure out, do i have to go to work? the second plane hit, and i saw it on tv. and that was it. >> al i seen is this huge fireball coming out of tower two, out of the south tower. and for a second i didn't know what it was. i thought maybe just the building blew up. >> i ran downstairs, and i'm looking southand both towers are on fire. and it was stunning. >> sreenivasan: with the second catastrophic strike, it became clear that the country

for advice on demarco, you were in danger of being kicked out of the christian democratic union party because you were against was mrs. mark like others as govern football too long? nothing has happened in the last 8 years. from mrs. marco's point of view, there is nothing more to be achieved. she was never a real cd. you leader. well, before we go, let's continue developing the story. if you listen later on about the capital m separately to college, push them all. well, the news is he's reportedly been released from custody on the italian holiday. anyway, he was arrested on thursday evening. not clear if he's been failed to house the rest. so still trying to get a handle on. he's wanted a range of charges including sedition under, seen by spanish authorities finale for years. italian course decided that the mom will remain on sardinia, where he will face judges on saturday. i will keep an eye on that, of course, and that keep you updated and all developments, but for now that's all we're talking about. and of course, as a reminder, is a lot more coverage over the weekend of what's happening in germany. those big elections